An Open Letter from a Sportswriter Who's Very Sorry for Trivializing Your Work in Sochi

I am writing to explain that we have a deep misunderstanding. Contrary to what many of you apparently believe, I do have a deep and abiding respect for your fine country.

Sunday night, after the Netherlands won yet another speedskating medal and swept the podium in the women's 1,500-meter race, I wrote a column for this newspaper in which I suggested that all those medals from one country in one sport...